Plain Views. By W.R.W. &amp;nbsp; The Royal Stole. ALL parts of the Empire will be symbolised on the Stole to be worn by King George at the Coronation.—S.M. Herald. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; How suggestive is that word "Stole !" It &amp;nbsp; reminds one of the practice of the headhunt- ers, who wear grueseme stoles made from the scalps and bones of their victims, while their huts are decorated with their skulls. Capitalist civilisation is a very thin veneer over savagery.

THE AWAKENING. [FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIALIST.] BY W.R.W. "SIR HENRY LUCY, after due lament on the ill- health of eminent political persons, remarked that the direct money cost of the Coronation will be at least £300.000. "—S.M. Herald &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; I've often sat and wondered When, in the motherland, The patient British workman Would come to understand That kings and empty statesmen, And lords of land and wealth, Are parasites who have roots &amp;nbsp; And all their growth in stealth. They cheat him in his labor, And make him live in want; They keep him fast in bondage, While they of Freedom cant. They robe themselves in splendor, And fatten on his toil; And every small advance of his With care and cunning foil. Now they are quite uneasy, And ill in health are they ; They find that they are losing Their ancient hold and sway. Behold ! how in their panic, They rally round the crown, And sing "God Save our Gracious King" &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nb...

WILLIAM MORRIS. (KokThi: Istkkstiusai. Sh-i.m-t.] 15V W.U.W. We know his dreams shall conic true — They live in his enchanting words That sing to us the long day through, Like summer woodland birds. We hear them chanting in the wind His shining deeds and star-strewn way, But loveliest and best defined Is his prophetic lay. Lt falls fin-echoing through the night Where'er we wander in the gloom, Above the forceful tyrants might It sings to us his doom. No priests nor creeds have ever yet Opined for us a paradise, The older faiths wo may forget His new faith never dies. In words that burn as stars above The world of men and meaner.-;, He taught us that the life of love Prom Revolution springs.

Sydney Jottings. Comrade Holland is still confined to his bed, but we are pleased to acquaint com rades and friends that there has been some improvement in his condition, although it will be some weeks before he will be physic ally tit enough to take his place iu the tiring line. On Saturday evening splendid meetings were held at Balmain and Newtown Bridge. Both meetings were remarkable for the en thusiasm and the amount of literature sold. Sunday's domain meeting boasted tin; usual large attendance. Rutherford pre sided, and Walsh and Wilson were the speakers. There was a splendid sale of pa pers and pamphlets, Comrade Gaum, who is one. of our most energetic literature sell ers, making a record sale. In the evening meetings were held at Goulburn and Market Streets. The speak ers for the combined meetings were Ruther ford, Blumenthal, Slade and Wilson. Comrades and readers are reminded that there is a Party Premises Fund. The amount received to date is £o .'is (3d. Tliudo desirous o...

South Australia. Splendid outdoor meetings were held on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. wIil-ii the May Day number of Tub International Socialist sold like hot cakes. Many weru disappointed at missing such a splendid number. On Sunday night Comrade Os. Bennett addressed a large audience in the Wakefield street hall, his subject being, ' The Twenti eth Century Con flirt.' The comrade han dled his subject splendidly and showed con clusively the necessity for an uncompromi. ing Socialist party. After the meeting six new member? joined the party. On Sunday, May Nth. Comrade Barrin ger will deliver an address in the Wakeh'eld street Hall on 'The Position in India.' As our comrade has spent many yean- in India his subject will be skilfully handled. The Sunday School, which is held on Snnday afternoons, is rapidly gaining in numbers, and the children evince great in terest in the various subjects taught by Comrade Bennett and his assistants. A cordial invitation is given to all parent...

Friends and Members visiting The Lvi'ek nationai. Socialist Oflice are urged to assist in getting business done with expedition. DON'T STAY TO TALK;' We're always busy ; and the delays we arc subjected to in the daytime we have to make up for by working through the night hours. ATfcl Tiff | through this para-' mut, main ,1..,;. yon; .sub scription WILL IXrMKK WITH NEXT ISSl'K. KPfl lff9s)t'K Subscription must 1VUU 1T&amp;U1IV hi, rL.lu.wcd AT ONCE, if you desire the delivery of the paper to roiititui'.'. I believe that no one can harm us but our selves ; that sin is misdirected energy ; that there is no devil but fear ; and that the universe is planned for good. I believe that work is a bless ing, that winter is as necessary as summer, tha night is as useful as day, that death is a manifes, talion of life, and just as good. I believe in yout and I believe in a power that is in ourselves that makes for righteousness. fRA ELBERTUS.

S.F.A. News &amp; Notes. Broken Hill. The open air meeting on Saturday night was a huge success. The literature sale were splendid. All the May Day issues ui Thk International Socialist were diposed of. Comrades O'Reilly, Rancie, Flanagan, and Green were the speakers. Comrade and Mrs. Bryson called in to him; us on Saturday. They intend to remain at the Hill for a short time and assist in the movement here. Comrade Woods is conducting an eco nomic class every Sunday morning. This; class has a membership of about thirty. A speakers' class every Monday night i. conducted by Comrade Green, from Mel bourne. Things are looking exceedingly bright for the movement here just now. The mem bership is increasing marvellously. May Day was kept up by Barrier Social ists at the Hall on Sunday night, before a very large attendance. Addresses on May Day were delivered by Comrades Green and J. J. O'Reilly. The following resolution was moved by E. V. Cogan, supported by M. P. Considinc and H. 0. ...

The Church and Society. I5Y TIIK SI.AVK. At its next meeting in Melbourne the Anglican Synod will discuss how. the growing evil of class-consciousness may best be controlled. — News item. Amongst the multitudinous forces with which the lover of liberty has to contend the Christian Church occu pies an almost pre-eminent place. From the establishment of the pa pal hierarchy up till the present time, the whole organised force of the church has stood as an almost insup erable barrier in the highway of hu man progress? The archives of medi eval Christendom are stained crimson with the life-blood of men and wo men, who grappled painfully to fathom the secreis of nature and dared to defj' I he dogmas of the Church. The names of John Huss, Savananola, Michael Seruotus, Giordano Bruno, and countless others persist as an eternal monument of clerical barbar ity and as an undying inspiration, to the seekers of a nobler civilisation. In addition to direct persecution the pernicious influence of ...

Invention a Social Act. BY J. ULUMKNTHAl,. To what traits are the opponents of Socialism being reduced to ! Driven by incontestable logic from one van tage point to another, they try to maintain their ?.deciduous position by abstract quibbles and by misconstru ing facts. The argument of one blatant demagogue, a member of the Labor Party, is that it is genius and not labor which creates wealth. On the basis of that tergiversation are the fallacies of Socialism exposed. Neither geniuo nor labor creates wealth. Labor transforms wealth and by so doing creates value. Con crete labor produces use value, whilst abstract or social labor measures ex change value. For labor to produce necessities and articles of use, pre supposes that human kind has men tal power of a very high order. Bub religious reverence is rapidly vanish the whole of the wonderfully intri cate machines of our day had their re sult predestined by the social soli darity of the communal clan, and the palm must be given to o...

A Note from Scott Bennett. A short letter trom Comrade Scott Ben nett reached the office this week, in which he states that their meetings in the Moari land are booming. They had 'a loOO au dience' in the Opera House on the previous Sunday night, and a ' £20 collection.' This is brave news indeed, and we congra tulate our Maoriland comrades, and hope their work will be as successful as hitherto. From other accounts we gather that Comrade Scott Bennett himself is putting in very ef fective work.

The Expanding Union. We livo in the capitalist system, so-called because it is dominated by the capitalist class. Tti this system the capitalists are the rulers and the workers the subjects. The capitalists are in a decided minority, and yet they rule because of the ignorance of the working class. Now and then the workers are victorious, but only for a time. The real fruit of their battles lies, not in the immediate result, but in the over-expanding union of the workers. This union is helped on by the improved means of communication that arc created by modern industry, and that place the work ers of different localities in contact with one another. It was just this contact that was needed to centralise the numerous local struggles, all of the same character, into one national struggle between ehwses. But every class struggle is a political struggle. And that union, to attain which the bur ghers of the Middle Ages, with their miser able highways, required centuries, the mod ern prole...

Walter Thomas Mills, M.A. \V. T. Mili-, M.A., Socialist orator, think er, and scholar, will deliver the first lecture of his (Sydney course at the Protestant Hall, on Saturday evening, May Jo, commencing at -S o clock, .Mr. Mills conies with a great reputation as a speaker, the Colorado Chron icle going so far as to say : '' Neither Beeehev nor Ingersoll ever surpassed the address of 'Walter Thomas Mills in the Denver Coli seum,' so that those who attend his lecture on Saturday evening are sure to hear a great address, His first subject will be 'What is Socialism' — a lecture which thrilled his great Melbourne audience. Plans of seats are at Cole's Book Arcade, George-street, where tickets may be obtained,' price 2s and Is.

To Our Readers. BY (-. \V. JnmiKNs.EN. Tub serious and regrettable illness of H. E. Holland has caused widespread regret, and many expressions of sympathy arc reaching the oflice daily. We take this ounortunitv of thanking all enquiring friends on behalf of comrade Holland, and to assure them that we are doing everything possible to maintain the paper at the high literary level reached by our fellow comrade. The paper will be issued as usual, under the capable editorship of Mrs. Dora B. Montefiore, who lias generously placed her services at the disposal of the management. Mrs. Monte .fiore is deeply read and widely travelled, and we feel sure that she will do her part faith fully and well. The subscribers and readers of the paper can do much just at the present juncture. Let every reader endeavor to get one more subscriber, and let those whose subscriptions have run out promptly renew, in this way they will be showing practical sympathy for the man who has done so much for it and th...

?^-_-_^-_j1_.._.._.._.._-^_j^_un^ri^.11_n_-__ - .. _ .^^. _ _ _ p' The Passing Show. BY W.lt.W. ' Evkky noble work seeing at first impossi ble.' Was Carlyle anticipating a common objection to Socialism when he said that? The bands in the Melbourne Eight-Hours procession played God save the King ' ' in front of the Houses of Parliament. That procession had a long way to go to reach common sense. A writer in the Kat'utnu.1 Revkw, London, says: 'The present Ministry consists of briefless barristers, speculative solicitors, political adventurers, and renegade peers, all more or less on the make.' Yet the peopleef Great Britain have hopes of great things from this body. Keir Hardie says that 'the mere existence of a king is proof of the lunacy of his sub jects and that crowns should beware when coronets are in the melting pot. ' ' The first part of this statement casts a great cloud of doubt on the rest. If the people are idiotic enough to support monarchy, they surely aren't tsane enoug...

LABOR. '. Xhkaii!) millions of voices speaking as one, that l(' said: v{ i '?' I am strong by nature, but weakened by abuse ; (Ieani great, but receive Hinall reward; 1 ' I am able able to work, but am denied work. Becaut-e Capital insists on unemployment, That lie may buy Labor ever more cheaply. tl I am the age-long slave: VjiMy 'yes are put out by the springing shuttle of the j. loom ; 7'Mj limbs are torn by the cog-\yheels of machinery ; .' Every nerve in n-y body is injured by the shocks i of mechanical miaad venture; I am burnt by the furnace; (I mil frozen at the sledge; .^1 am lamed at the plough; ' 1 am driven and harassed and tortured, ?Thai Capital may gain dominion over the whole world.' Audi cried: 'OLord, how long?' — Ki.iZAiiETii Gibson.

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